A 38-year-old man in Istanbul, Ümit Karagöz, converted a panel van into a camper van in six months without prior experience. In 2021 he bought the van for 114,000 lira and spent about 60,000 lira on the conversion. He said he learned the work from Turkish and foreign videos online and continued building after his day job. Karagöz said he stays at free locations, showers at a gym and collects water from park taps. He heats the camper van with a Webastoⓘ diesel heater in winter and gets electricity from a solar panel.
